When a B-17 Raid Went Wrong

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On April 5th 1943 79 B-17 Flying fortresses set off upon a raid. They were targeting a factory in Antwerp that the Germans were using for repairing damaged aircraft. It was a clear day and soon they encountered heavy resistance. Whether the resistance caused the formation to break up or it was some other issue, the raid did not go to plan, instead hitting the civilian population. It was a disaster that caused a formal complaint to be made by the Belgians to the US government.
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[@vladi_edditz5831]

Make smth abt operation tidal wave

[@tiggagaming4061]

Can you please do a video when a Indian gets stab by a Japanese officer takes out the sword out of chest kills the officer and take out the whole camp and then walks back to the frontlines and tells an British officer of what happened his name is fazant din

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[@Yarnhub]

We were in Antwerp and decided to do this when we heard the story and it features our dog, Bilbo !

[@pyeitme508]

WOAH!

[@monke4426]

Hey Yarnhub, can you please do a story about the b-29 superfortress? I dont care what kind of story, but it has to feature a b-29!

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Hello yarnhub I like more videos where there is a axis ✌ victory so keep it up

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@@monke4426I second that.👆

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[@FinleyLengel-rp2bm]

Man, I knew that the allies will sometimes make mistakes with their bomb sights and stuff, but I never knew that this could happen. I’m terribly sorry to all the victims of this terrible terrible day.

[@DJ118USMC]

This stuff happened all the time unfortunately.

[@William43275]

"War is hell" and sadly unfair and brutal

[@ussindianapolis487]

collateral damage. shit happens, especially in war.

[@patillopatoso9313]

@@DJ118USMC Mistakes only? They commited genocide by willingly bombing civilian buildings in both Germany and Japan, and i don't mean only nuclear, but napalm and other sorts of incendiary bombs

[@Cesp43]

​@@patillopatoso9313sorry to say that's not genocide since not only were citizens warned, but also cities were mostly strategic military targets. This in no way justified the killings of innocent civilians, ESPECIALLY in Germany, but we you live in a city you have to be prepared to get bombed. Also let's not point fingers, both sides bombed Cities, whether strategic or not. In war there is no good side, just different clashing perspectives and interests.

[@LancelotChan]

This is an important story to share. While there's no single group of heroes to praise for, war is hell and this has to be stressed again and again, never enough. Also good to see Bilbo showing up in the video!

[@Yarnhub]

Thanks Lancelot !

[@silverknight0871]

No, war isn't hell. Hell is where sinner go to get punished for their sins, so only the guilty are sent there. War, is worse than hell because it doesn't discriminate between the sinners, saints, or the people in-between as it drags everyone into it's folds and everyone suffers. If I had to chose between hell or war, I'd chose hell because then I know the innocents won't be there, only the sinners. (Heard the quote from an old movie, but don't remember the name of it, and decided to expand on it.)

[@Cogic]

I'd rather go to war than go to hell

[@fordson51]

This was not the story I expected. Too often the fog of war obscures the fact that military personnel are not the only casualties. Civilians are often on the receiving end of tragedy when things go wrong. This is a good reminder that no one is ever safe in war. Thanks for covering these events. Keep up the amazing work.

[@thunderbird1921]

So sad, but true. A few days ago, a lady at my church told me the tragic story of what happened when her father was serving in France as an American GI during World War II. Allied intelligence learned that the Germans were planning a surprise counterattack on their positions by sneaking their soldiers in on school buses. The Americans took their positions, ready for the coming surprise Wehrmacht soldiers, and sure enough, right on time a French school bus came down the road where the attack was supposed to happen. After a moment's pause, the order was given to open fire. The bus was completely riddled with bullets and came to a stop. The lady said her father and other GIs walked up to the bus, looked inside...and instead of dead Germans were the bodies of slain French schoolchildren. Her father started sobbing hysterically and went into depression for years afterward ("I'm a murderer!" he apparently wept). She said that every time he saw the school bus back in America stop to pick up kids, he would start crying all over again. Finally, a wonderful man at the church met with him before he died and helped him to realize that although it was a HORRIFIC tragedy, he had no way of knowing that they were innocents and not enemy soldiers (rather, it showed just what an EVIL plan this was for the Germans to have even considered using). Although he felt guilt till the end, she said her father finally managed to find some comfort and feel that he was still in some ways a good man.

[@phunkeehone]

​@@thunderbird1921 Tragic situation, it's good to know that he at least found a little comfort. Something similar happened where I live, except it was from the air. A few months before the war ended, RAF bombed the Gestapo headquarters in our capital city. Unfortunately one Mosquito bomber crashed near a school, which lead to a wave of bombers dropping their bombs, thinking it was the target. 116 people dead, 86 of them were kids. Can't imagine what the pilots went through after that. War is truely hell.

[@darckfaiter]

I'm from Norway there was a german u boat base in bergen during the war. the allies tried to bomb it but some of them missed. they bomb the town instead. 193 people died. 61 of them was children from a school that was hit. this was the price paid for winning the war. but the price of losing would have been higher.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

in the Ukrainian war. the large number of jamming used by both sides caused many missiles, drones and bombs that did not succeed in hitting military targets instead they deviated and hit residential buildings. It's very strange for the West to blame Russia for drones hitting residential buildings. even though the Ukrainian drone also admitted the same thing. (the presence of jaming makes drones and missiles miss their targets and hit public buildings)

[@darckfaiter]

Russia is to blame because they invaded Ukraine. if russian forces where to withdraw the war would be over in 48h.

[@pavelchernyshev8964]

​@@carkawalakhatulistiwabecause each side is trying to benefit from the conflict and ordinary people are suffering

[@generalofchaos5174]

This is painful to hear about as a Belgian. That being said, I don't doubt those pilots and gunners didn't mean to cause such destruction. I don't hold it against them. Certainly not when so many Americans lives were lost liberating our country.

[@thunderbird1921]

Thank you, friend. As an American, these type of stories are indeed incredibly painful, and I can't even imagine the grief and devastation our crews must have felt when they realized what had happened. It somewhat reminds me of an incident that happened during the Korean War, the North Korean army successfully figured out the ground signals that UN ground forces were using to show their location to American pilots and began copying them to create confusion. It resulted in an Australian platoon getting targeted with fire bombs despite their frantic waving to the diving planes at the last moment. If I remember correctly they IMMEDIATELY changed the signal system, but talk about a disastrous compromise of communications (and a horrifying misidentification). War truly is hell for all involved.

[@slbathi_wt8528]

as well as British and Canadian lives , not to forget the commonwealth and Africans

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

in the Ukrainian war. the large number of jamming used by both sides caused many missiles, drones and bombs that did not succeed in hitting military targets instead they deviated and hit residential buildings. It's very strange for the West to blame Russia for drones hitting residential buildings. even though the Ukrainian drone also admitted the same thing. (the presence of jaming makes drones and missiles miss their targets and hit public buildings)

[@Coltycolt88]

liberating your country? i dont call that liberating maybe under new management

[@heccsclips3319]

@@Coltycolt88 We liberated Belgium it was not "under new management" we gave our lives to protect and defend those innocent people under the boot of Nazi occupation i promise if you asked any man or woman who lived during that time they would say the same

[@rontimber8566]

Thank you for showing all aspects of the war. It is important for us to know that not everything went perfectly for the allies.

[@rouxgreasus]

Radio London: "Mission successful" US: "nice" Belgian government: "Dude you missed and bombed an innocent town" US: "uh oh"

[@hete_stofzuiger4565]

Thank you for covering the tragic events that took place that day. I live closeby to where this all took place in the neighbouring town of Wilrijk. I remember my great grandma ( born in 1919 ) telling me about how she helped her father who had glass fragments stuck in his head from the shockwaves that made all the windows shatter, he refused to go hide in the basement with the rest of the family. They were one of the lucky few that survived relatively unscathed.

[@oldtimer4791]

This reminds me of a video called Target: courterai Airfield (Sorry if I misspelled that). Anyways, it was a true story about another B17 that was hit in a head-on attack: the controls were damaged, and the pilots were wounded. The bombardier soon decided it would be best to jettison the bombs. Little did he realize... he dropped the bomb load on a farm. It killed some livestock, a few family members in the house, and badly wounded anyone who survived. To make matters worse, the last guy to bail out basically face- planted into the ground before his parachute had time to deploy. The plane itself was still flying, but was dangerously close to the ground. An old man heard the plane approaching his home, so he went out to see what was going on. When he opened the front door, there in front of him was the horrifying sight of a B17 heading straight for his house. At the last moment, he ran for his life just as the plane skidded along the ground and slammed into his house, obliterating it in an instant. True, this isn't as tragic as what happened in this bombing raid, but bare in mind: this all happened from a single bomber. Finally, I found the video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aafZoqOHhL2Weassi=qEHOYb3h-vMUHhtB

[@flounder31]

This is why we MUST avoid war, despite the juggernaut of media trying to tell us otherwise. "The first casualty of war is innocence."

[@davidford3115]

"War is the continuation of politics by other means," -Carl von Clausewitz. The problem is that conflict is in human nature, and that so long as War remains an effective (though inefficient) means to achieve political goals, we will never be rid of it.

[@utbdoug]

It was just supposed to be another milk run they said.. It won't take long they said! Love seeing the bit of old animation in there in black and white!

[@gameraltijd]

this is a real important story to keep in mind that wars are not only militry against militry but that a lot of civilian lives get taken ass well. again a great video keep up the work

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

in the Ukrainian war. the large number of jamming used by both sides caused many missiles, drones and bombs that did not succeed in hitting military targets instead they deviated and hit residential buildings. It's very strange for the West to blame Russia for drones hitting residential buildings. even though the Ukrainian drone also admitted the same thing. (the presence of jaming makes drones and missiles miss their targets and hit public buildings)

[@Rubia376]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa ofc but i feel like everyone that say this also denied russian crimes but thankfully you seems not too be that kind of person

[@Smashedaspirations]

This is the best animation I have seen ever. You have the oxygen masks connected to the plane and mqgizones on guns. So good

[@doomsday9973]

This reminds me of Operation Carthage where a group of allied mosquitos went in for a strike in Denmark on the SS Headquarters and mistakenly hit a school full of kids killing 86 of them.

[@brrrrrr]

How do you even mistake something like that?

[@AppleHistoryGuy]

I would love it if Yarnhub did a video on the Monchy 9 of Newfoundland. 9 men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment positioned at Monchy-le-Preux during the Battle of Arras in 1917 hid behind shrubbery and defended the town from a German force anywhere from 200 - 300 men strong for 11 hours to prevent a German break through. I think it is a very cool and very underrated battle that sounds like the plot of a movie.

[@JamesThomas-gg6il]

No matter how precise anyone tries to be, ariel bombing even in daylight is still just a 50/50 gamble at best. The more nombs dropped the netter the likely hood of hitting the target and everything else around also.

[@draconicisha]

add the chaos of getting thrown around by flak while evading fire from enemy planes, that 50/50 drops to 20/80, hence the carpet method but in this case it just all went wrong

[@JamesThomas-gg6il]

@@draconicisha you are correct but maybe even less of a chance to hit what you're going for.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

​@@JamesThomas-gg6ilin the Ukrainian war. the large number of jamming used by both sides caused many missiles, drones and bombs that did not succeed in hitting military targets instead they deviated and hit residential buildings. It's very strange for the West to blame Russia for drones hitting residential buildings. even though the Ukrainian drone also admitted the same thing. (the presence of jaming makes drones and missiles miss their targets and hit public buildings)

[@davidford3115]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa You are completely disregarding the Russian's behavior in the Chechnyan Wars. What they are doing in Ukraine is EXACTLY the same as what they did to Grozny. Your moral relativism shows you can't actually defend their actions and so use classic Soviet "whataboutism" to deflect.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

​@@davidford3115 It's like kiddos in their sophistry towers are in a hurry to forget about what the Soviet did to every thing it touched, and then proceed to blame pass. This is one of the moments you know they would have shot up survivors and proceeded to write up a Katyn psyop story if they knew what they did. Nothing has changed. Cursed timeline we wake up to.

[@Jacques_JvR]

I have to say, using your old style for those 'cartoonish information videos' is a pretty neat and cool idea. Please do use it again when you guys can

[@okbamtheman]

Not even a minute in and it already looks incredible

[@byhooksorbycrooks7650]

I think videos like this one are just as important (and interesting) as any others you’ve made. My son loves all of your videos. But he-and everyone else learning history-needs to see that even a “righteous” war being fought by good men had moments like these. Great job!

[@Yarnhub]

Thank you for the kind words and the support !

[@MulleDullen]

Thank for telling this story, I knew nothing about it. Yet, it have some similarities with Operation Carthage, where a RAF raid went horribly wrong in Denmark, and a school got mistaken as the intended target. Mistakes happens, and all too often, the innocent pay for it.

[@Nobody54545]

Tragic story. Thanks for sharing. Not all war stories are triumphs.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

in the Ukrainian war. the large number of jamming used by both sides caused many missiles, drones and bombs that did not succeed in hitting military targets instead they deviated and hit residential buildings. It's very strange for the West to blame Russia for drones hitting residential buildings. even though the Ukrainian drone also admitted the same thing. (the presence of jaming makes drones and missiles miss their targets and hit public buildings)

[@varunprakash6207]

B17 Raid The tragic story 5:44 sad 😢 civil wars..Air Wars Sequence Wow amazing animation 👌 by Yarn Hub team 👏 voice 🎤 narration 👌 semma super

[@razeinvictus3880]

Nice work, Yarnhub. You never fail to make videos with the most top notch animation. I've been a fan since the start, and I'm saving up money to be a patreon. Keep up the good work, I can't wait for the next video!

[@birb1589]

Really unbelievable to see how much these videos have improved from before. I was actually in the middle of a war thunder match when you guys posted, i had to quit the game just to watch this. Love your guys’ videos!

[@jxsse9316]

Same!! (also dont fly the b17 in wt lol)

[@hasonraja69]

God, you bring this heroic moments to life with you amazing animations.

[@TimurTANKER]

Love these b17 formations. You make very good videos!

[@Muchodog.]

Great job on the animation as usual also great story

[@Sneaky_Jesus]

A amazing video with a beautyful sotry, i have to say that i love how yarnhub animations become more and more realistic over the years.

[@irishmilitarytube2080]

I’ve been here since the mad max and b17 bf109 video and I’ve seen this channel go from 2D 3D and realism. Honestly I’m proud of that I got to see the community and animation grow and get better keep up the work😁😁😁

[@blitzzkrieg1400]

Yarnhub, can you also make some videos about Asian WW2 stories? Thanks a lot in advance.

[@FinleyLengel-rp2bm]

Hey, great work man I love the new episodes though you did reuse some footage from other videos you made I still love it because I love the b17 Congrats to you and your team

[@isaaclobo7311]

Incredible video! Bring us more of those!

[@chefrowlet]

it's actually kinda refreshing to hear a story that isn't about heroism, a story that reminds us Yarnhub fans that war brings untold (literally, in many cases) suffering

[@roelofdirkx1623]

Very nice. And top to the hat for the complete story. The error is never mentioned in other documentaries. Respect to all and love your video’s.

[@barrel_of_toast]

i love the work that you do, and i don't mean this in any rude way... but Bf-109 that was shot down at 2:38, more resembles a Fw-190 due to the cylindrical cowling structure, landing gear arrangement if i had to guess, maybe a D-9? i don't know, i could be entirely wrong, but i found it interesting

[@oliveradams1270]

Glad you did this we need to learn this

[@ToskianFederation]

No fucking way im here this early for a yarnhub vid

[@merrittd-fi3oe]

Love your work it’s very cool how it’s Gotten better over the years❤

[@ELCADAROSA]

War is, has been, and always will be, a bloody mess.

[@user-bc4me8ol6h]

Holy, you’ve improved your quality since the last time I watched your videos

[@oliverhughes610]

Well, to be fair, you'd probably have the 'freedom' to talk about this if the USA didn't win, too, given how widely publicised in the German press it was. Still, it's important to draw attention to the civilian cost of the Allied bombing campaign. A lot of people will dismiss any mention of such in regard to German civilians out of hand, usually with the same tired adage of sowing winds and reaping whirlwinds. But the cost of innocent lives across France, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark and the Low Countries should also be noted. I think the current death toll of all of those amounts to around 75,000 - significantly more than the British civilians killed in the Blitz and V1/V2 campaigns combined.

[@holopilot2241]

Outstanding job once again!

[@oliversherman2414]

It's a shame stories like these aren't discussed more

[@nickdanger3802]

The bombing of the Bezuidenhout (Dutch: bombardement op het Bezuidenhout) took place on 3 March 1945,[7] when the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague resulting in the death of 532 citizens.[8][9]

[@oliversherman2414]

@@nickdanger3802 I never heard of that

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

Victors write the history books

[@oliversherman2414]

@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren true

[@Tophat_Bomba]

jeez how many videos u doing now. Not that im complaining, i love this. Keep up the good work.

[@revanthpuranam8403]

Bf 109 is the best proppeler interceptor in the game. .. love the fire rate and the secondary option to carry Bombs

[@m_r_lue]

This was a very good episode. You should talk about the bombing of Vallø sometime

[@BreadLoafSFM]

You guys are criminaly underated! Can't tell if i am watching a hollywood moive or a yarnhub video.

[@josephwolosz2522]

Another Masterstroke from Yarnhub. Now we get to see real footage mixed with the excellent animation. Unfortunately War is a dirty business. The Belgians suffered greatly from damage done during the war. The Battle of the Bulge saw both sides dropping bombs on Cities and towns. But if you go unto Bastogne and you are an American,they treat you with so much kindness and hospitality. They remember those who gave their lives for people they didn't even know.

[@IsaP51good]

Nice video I hope more great ones like this are to come

[@ONI_002]

at 2:40 you put a 190 instead of a 109. Thought we didnt notice XD

[@ace_121]

i’m in my car right now on the way from school, and when i saw there was a new yarnhub b17 video, i shouted “let’s go! New yarnhub video!” :)

[@obelic71]

Several such mishaps happend in by German forces occupied countries. Mostly France, Belgium, and the Netherlands closest to the UK had the most going bad or wrong air raids. Even cities close to the German border were wrongfully bombed as they thought they were bombing German cities. We must remember that civilan casualties were so high because industrial complexes in those days were surrounded with dense worker housing blocks.

[@moncapitaz8969]

excellent as always Yarnhub

[@Yarnhub]

Thank you for the continued support !

[@joeverna5459]

In 2000 I flew on a B17 over north eastern Pennsylvania. It was a 20 minute flight and we got up to 5000 feet. The engine noise is incredibly loud. The thin metal skin of the plane was as thick as cereal box cardboard. I still couldn't imagine dealing with flack and bullets at 25k feet in the air. Those men were incredibly brave. Thank you.

[@pontiacfan76]

Kind of puts with those guys in did in perspective? Don't it? Especially when you realize how small the inside of that large plane was.

[@nickdanger3802]

The bombing of the Bezuidenhout (Dutch: bombardement op het Bezuidenhout) took place on 3 March 1945,[7] when the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague resulting in the death of 532 citizens.[8][9]

[@nerwus1]

this is honestly epic

[@KateFergeson]

I love your move to include the soldiers’ actually pictures. Ace 👌🏽

[@speedy_comet]

"Hell is 5 miles above Earth" oh wait I just realized this event happened on my b-day😮

[@thespectre717]

Damn so it seems the attack was utterly futile in the end 😢with a large amount of civilians casualties on top, I bet that must’ve felt like a one two punch to the locals 😢 As always brilliant content, much love to you !!

[@kennethbarrett3902]

I love this channel I’m glad I have another history channel that is accurate and knowledgeable about history, my wife calls me her history nerd bc all I do when I do watch videos and tv it’s all history stuff or historically (mostly) accurate movies. But I love this channel that TJ3 history and simple history and infographics show. I actually have my 4&2 year old kids into this kinda stuff and my wife says I’m ruining our kids but they love plane and ship videos and any videos where it’s like our COD vanguard game where they put the “bad guys” the Germans “to sleep” lol my daughter knows it’s not sleep and is 4 but she still says that so my son don’t start saying we killing people on the TV

[@dirtyd2749]

Unfortunately, collateral damage is always a factor in war.

[@garrettblack2903]

Love watching these

[@dudezgamez550]

yeah that happens pretty often

[@williamcostigan91]

Always enjoy hearing these stories even if this one is the battle of reused footage.

[@smigoltime]

I couldnt but burst out laughing when I saw the War Thunder ad xDDDDDDDD "How it feels to fly B-17" >spawn >die

[@santiagoarena3910]

I like the callbacks to other vids, pretty subtle on their part

[@Pyr0m4n1j4c]

Here I was thinking no bullets fly would be the only story from YH to nearly make me cry.

[@Nixie_noobionlassie]

dude you made some SERIOUS improvements on the animation department

[@iowaredneck9416]

Much different from the usual stories of a captain going down with his ship, allied and axis taking orders from the same medics, or other stories of braving the odds and Medal of Honor recipients. That being said, we need stories like this as well. War is not all about honor, glory, and justice. War is bloody and tragic. We tend to focus on those who went above and beyond to a level of courage that seems almost impossible to the average person, but this shows a more well rounded view of what really happens in war. A few thousand lives accidentally changed forever to shut down a factory for a few weeks. I don’t want to take anything from the bombers. Every time they took off, they did so knowing they may never touch the ground again alive. Imagine yourself being shot at wondering if each breath will be your last and the difference of just a few seconds becomes a lot more understandable. Those few seconds unfortunately were the difference of survival for nearly a thousand people on the ground.

[@scottlefaivre2446]

Smashing story as usual

[@joebatson9597]

Out of curiosity, what happened with the date of postage? It is always on Fridays. Just curious. Also, keep up the great work! Things are only getting better! I can see in the next month the graphics that War Thunder will be wanting your graphics. These are getting awesome!

[@Yarnhub]

we've been having a few issues. I had to have some medical work done and we're moving to longer films every 2 weeks. With me being of we're still adjusting to that schedule. We'll get into the rhythm again. Thanks for watching !

[@thefiresquad7736]

This reminds me of the begin scene from red tails when it was a turkey shot for the 109’s

[@soumasuvroroychowdhury620]

Heart touching and excellent as usual 👍👏👏👏

[@WaltherFrosch6.]

Looks really good

[@Respect_soldiers_1939]

You're my favorite channel, I also subscribed

[@Hi-lb8cq]

My grandfather was a top turret gunner and flight engineer on a B-24 in the 464th Bg...he said that the fighter planes were so fast that it extremely hard to hit one

[@1989Falkor]

Mine too. He would never talk about it, I asked him a couple times when I was a kid and got the hint real fast. He past away in 86. I now know that his grandfather immigrated from there and he was dropping bombs on family.

[@UrlocalHEMAduck]

good day when yarnhub uploads

[@legomill1068]

What a masterpeice!

[@thespaceguy380]

YEA NEW VIDEO

[@farmcat9873]

War Thunder is pretty good and I play it more often than I should but DCS B-17 was a bit more on that realistic side. But Hey an ads ad and YarnHub plays WT as well and why not I would do an ad for them if the price was right 👍 These videos are really good and the work and time put into them for computer models is great good work. Maybe one day YarnHub could make his own World War 2 type video game. Wish I would of got into learning all this stuff cause it can bring you far in the days of computers.

[@eze8970]

TY 🙏🙏

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Okay, I'll admit, I like how that panning shot on the plane's fuselage was used to transition to and away from the sponsorship segment.

[@therailfanman2078]

An upload on a Tuesday? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@James-yg4xu]

Always needed the p51

[@AaricBau]

keep doing the hard work

[@labouraredangerous]

B17 was definitely the best looking bomber of ww2

[@bentdeboeck2239]

heeeee, I work at the factory that they partially bombed on that raid. There is little to see of it now. Just a small memorial outside and some pictures inside AGFA

[@user-sn8xh9mq6y]

Amazing how great your videos are! Where do you even find this info?

[@Egorkachampion]

Отличная работа! С удовольствием посмотрел и просветился! Спасибо

[@kevinfinn9086]

Would love an episode on Jimmy Stewart criminally underappreciated what he went through would be brilliant

[@stevemaynards.g.t]

Good story yarnhub Thats war can't expect everything to go perfect.

[@theredbaron2313]

YAY NEW VID

[@ConkerVonZap]

We need Bilbo references in every video now 🥳🙌

[@ryleeculla5570]

How come it’s only 88mm fire wouldn’t tiger be some flak 38 fire coming from the ground unless the rounds are going off in the air near the B-17s

[@user-nn9qg7or2y]

Minerva car factory? My mentor mentions about that factory even his friend works there before war broke out.

[@UR_TRAZ_LOL]

you are unbelievably underrated

[@athenovae]

Small thing to note, bombs when dropped fall with a horizontal velocity that it started with. It’s just the physics of gravity.

[@techheadiv7457]

From a physics standpoint, the bombs landed where they were supposed to at the time of their release. The problem: where they landed wasn't where the flight crews had in mind. Science doesn't care. Military personnel and R&D teams already knew about horizontal velocity. That's why they developed bombsights, a combination of mathematics, physics, and engineering as an attempt to accurately predict where bombs will land. However, a bombsight's effectiveness relies on the bomber's ability to maintain a steady course, the bombardier's ability to have a clear enough sight picture to timely release the bombs, as well as the plane's mechanical and weapons functions operating with no issue. It's complex enough without taking into account external variables such as weather, flak and interceptors. This video does a excellent job of explaining what can happen when slight deviations occur under stressful time-sensitive environments. It's sad. Those civilians didn't have to die but it reiterates the points that war is hell and "...will make corpses of us all" (Faramir, The Lord of Rings: The Two Towers Extended).

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@@techheadiv7457 bruh. I was talking about the animation.

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As Helmut von Moltke: “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” Godspeed to those who perished in the aerial battle that rage over the skies of Europe.